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Cuba gained its independence from spain during the Spanish American War
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Fidel Castro and his revolutionary army initiated a new era of Cuban history.
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The United States instituted a near-total trade embargo, or ban, to economically isolate the Cuban regime.
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two nations broke off formal diplomatic relations. This happened just as new president John F. Kennedy took office.
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an invasion force consisting mainly of Cuban immigrants landed on Girón Beach at the Bay of Pigs.
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Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev reached a secret agreement with Fidel Castro to place Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter any future invasion attempt.
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American spy planes detected the construction of missile launch sites. Kennedy was in a challenging situation. His actions had the potential to result in the deaths of millions upon millions of people.
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Stanley Kubrick directed the movie “Dr. Strangelove” that dramatized the nuclear tensions of the Cold War in satirical black comedy.